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    Built a large enclosure...Do I need a "coop"

    They’re enjoying the weather and will return once the weather starts to cool down or turn bad.
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    Best breed to attack hawks

    If you live in Washington State I have a rooster you can have. I'm not suppose to have one but Penny decide not to be a hen.
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    Chicken screams when I touch them

    Sounds like to me you're at the bottom of the picking order:D
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    How long until your overwhelmed or tired of poultry

    This morning right away, Three chicken wanting to lay at the same time and of course they want the same box,:he
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    What was your worst mistake as a chicken keeper?

    Spoiling them!
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    Need some ideas for shade bushes in a non roofed chicken pen. (Updated w/ pics pg 2)

    Our girls love our butterfly bush and rody. Their large enough for them to hide under and set in.
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    Need some ideas for shade bushes in a non roofed chicken pen. (Updated w/ pics pg 2)

    Our girls love our butterfly bush and rody. Their large enough for them to hide under and set in.
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    Solid Surface Roof on Run? Pros and Cons?

    Roof to protect from rain and sun would be my advice. Remember there's nothing madder then a wet hen.
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    Strange!!! Did my rooster lay this egg?

    We have MaryAnne, Lovey, and Ginger. One of the girls crowed when they were young pullets. Ginger is a wild squawker and has the same toes and spurs as a rooster. She's little but keeps the others in line.
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    Do chickens ever lay two eggs per day?

    Any irregularity on the shells? One of my girls has two there's a circler irregularity where the eggs touched.
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    Backyard Pole Light

    Put a louver over the ventilation inlet so air can still make its way in but the light shinning down can't. If you send me a picture of the air vent that you have I could give you some ideas. [email protected] David
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    Why have chickens?

    I have had pets that I loved and pasted away. The three girls we have are pets with benefits (eggs). They get treated just as well as the other pets. I told them when they arrived that the life they will live is not what most chicken live and they hit the lotto. I'm a meat eater and don't feel...
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    Hay or straw in run or neither for winter?

    That's a good idea, but won't work for my setup. You wouldn't believe where I live and that I have chickens. I have an outside run where I do my composting and they do keep things stirred up. So, as my shoulder surgery is healed I'm going to build them a new coop. The one they have is a store...
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    Do chickens ever lay two eggs per day?

    I'm going to try to find out if she can get help, but she's be here until she passes. Right now she's not laying but getting the same love. She is the low hen on the totem pole and gets picked on. I think she has a eating disorder from being picked on and having to fight for food. They free...
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    Do chickens ever lay two eggs per day?

    I've noticed on our cochin the eggs show that they had been touching one another. The first one has a discoloration circle and the second one has thinned shell within the circle. Is this a resolute of reproduction problems?
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    Hay or straw in run or neither for winter?

    Sands the best, but make sure it course washed sand because it drain well. Builders/multi-purpose sand doesn't drain as well. Buy it at a gravel pit, asphalt or concrete yard. Put down 4"-6" of drain rock if you can and cover it with fabric then the 4"-6" of sand on top. That way you can spray...
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    Wet chickens in the rain!

    Mine have always rather be out then in there covered pin. They stand under a bush or under the eve of the house or shop. They prefer shop stoop or in the shop:D I've spoiled them rotten.
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    Vacations and Chickens

    You can do this but you will end up with a broody chicken because of the egg accumulation. We have a neighbor collect the eggs.
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    Do you consider your Chickens Pets or Livestock

    Pets for the eggs. Cost is not a factor with any animal we've had. Their enjoyment and companionship for me.
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    SO. MUCH. MUD. Thinking of putting a metal roof on run....

    Your run look stout so you can easily put on a light weight roof. I have course sand in my run and love it. I have a layer of sand then a layer of gravel and then topped with more sand. This creates a filter system. I rake it up and spray it down. Once a year take off the top layer and replace...
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